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National parks a boost to mental health worth trillions: study

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Spending time outdoors is long understood to offer mental health perks, including reduced stress, improved sleep and enhanced cognition.

National parks, such as this one at Plitvice Lakes in Croatia, are an asset because of how much users get from them Visits to national parks around the world may result in improved mental health valued at about $US6 trillion , according to a team of ecologists, psychologists and economists from Griffith University in Australia.

Using well established economic models, they estimated how those benefits would translate into healthcare savings in Australia, and then globally.

 

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